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Monday, 27 July 2015

Dead Existence - 'Endless Misery' (Album Review)

‘This is sludge/doom at its most painful, misanthropic and
unforgiving. Some would say it's a bit long as it is an epic journey of soul
crushing proportions and if you're thinking that, you're missing the point of
it; the title is 'Endless Misery' after all’

Album Type: Full-Length

Date Releaed: 04/04/2015

Label: Black
Bow Records

‘Endless Misery’ CS//DD//LP
track listing:

1).
Consume

2).
End Devoured by Beginning

3).
....

4),
Worthless

5).
Tear Apart The Veil

6).
Obsidian Black

7).
Delusion of Hope

8).
Regretamine

Review:

Ooh
this is a bit tasty! Dead Existence has been plugging away at the underground
sludge/doom scene since 2004 and have made many a venue crumble to dust.
'Endless Misery' is their first full length since 2007's self titled self
release and is 8 tracks of sheer misanthropic, unmitigated filth.

We
start off with 'Consume' with its Celtic Frost like opening riff veering off
into Crowbar territory while vocalist Jake bellows about how meaningless your
existence truly is. Things get more atmospheric for 'End Devoured by Beginning'
as the clean/reverbed guitars play the opening notes before the heavy,
sledgehammer like riffs pummel everything in earshot and the slower closing section
wears you down like the Project Mayhem initiation scenes in Fight Club. After
the brief interlude of the 3rd track it's back into relentless, punishing
sludge for 'Worthless' which has some great double pedal work from drummer (and
former bassist) Max. It's clear Jake is angry at the world as he shouts more
discouraging phrases and anti humanist slogans. Brutal, nasty stuff indeed.

Next
is 'Tear Apart The Veil' and it's dissonant, hardcore style riffs that bleed
away as the bass plays a slower, claustrophobic pattern before the guitars join
back in for some more Crowbar worship. 'Obsidian Black' starts with some nice
3/4 beat action to get heads wind milling and is a highlight for me personally.
The riffs slow down towards the end and the guitars use some different tones
and effects pedals to make it all the more miserable before it fades out into
noise/ambient/spoken word piece 'Delusion Of Hope'. Finally we get the dying
beast of the final track, the superbly titled 'Regretamine'. This song is an
epic, painful crawl through self loathing, akin to starving yourself to death.
The 13 minutes have enough interesting changes to keep the listener involved
but man, it's hard to listen to without wanting to off yourself!

This
is sludge/doom at its most painful, misanthropic and unforgiving. Some would
say it's a bit long as it is an epic journey of soul crushing proportions and
if you're thinking that, you're missing the point of it; the title is 'Endless
Misery' after all

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